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This document have been prepared to help people who want to renew passport for their son/daughter in USA. All the information provided below is only for informational purpose, for any specific issue call the embassy. Now Indian embassy accepts only forms filled and printed from their website.
1. use IE, it does not work properly in Firefox
2. go to web site of the consulate for your jurisdiction
3. Go in the passport section
4. click on “PASSPORT FOR A MINOR CHILD”
5. click on the “application form.”, a new window will open which will show you the appointment date and time, note down it and accept it, it will open the form (on 10-may-2009 it says that the certificate was expired, I guess you do not have any option except clicking “Continue to this website (not recommended).”, once you click it will open the form)
6. fill the form
7. in the service desired, choose: Passport for the children upto 15 years of age
8. Address to be printed in the passport:
Whichever address you put here, it will show in the form column of “Address in India”
9. Other address:
Whichever address you put here, it will show in field “In country of domicile”
I prefer to put my USA address in both the fields, it is your wish what you want to do. Because once you print the form, it will have a space for emergency address in there, so you can put your india address in the field.
10. once you are done filling the application, click Save
11. review the application again, because once you save it can not be updated
12. it will show you appointment date/time, if you want, you can change it now and go ahead
13. when you are done, it will open the form in “pdf”
14. print this form
15. many of the fields are NOT filled, which you have to fill now using pen
16. paste one photo in the space provided, put other 3 pictures in a envelope and attach with the form
17. your son/daughter has to sign at 4 places
18. mother and father have to sign the form in line no. 28
19. make a Xerox of the filled form(it has a no. which can be useful if later, you want to inquire about your application)
20. print “Change of appearance form” from the embassy website, now they need it for every minor’s passport renewal
21. Attach all the documents with the form
(Here is the list as per my knowledge)
a. Printed Online application
b. Address Proofs (2)
c. Pictures
d. Birth Certificate
e. Notarized Change of appearance form
f. Copy of the Green Card or I-94
g. Copy of parents passport
h. Copy of the Parents Green Card or I-94
i. Money Order ($25) for Passport fees
j. Money order ($20) for Express mail
k. Old Passport
22. You can send it by FedEx or USPS; I would highly recommend keeping proof of everything including mailing tracking no. etc.
23. Wait for at least 25 working days, in the mean time if you are curious that your application is being processed or not, after 15 working days, check the status of the money order you sent, if the money was withdrawn, it means your application is under process.
24. If you send the application by mail, you will save yourself from big hassle of going there waiting in line and submitting the application.
I got my daughter's new passport in 1 month, but I would not worry for 25 working days.
Please post your experience here in this post, so that it can help others.
1. use IE, it does not work properly in Firefox
2. go to web site of the consulate for your jurisdiction
3. Go in the passport section
4. click on “PASSPORT FOR A MINOR CHILD”
5. click on the “application form.”, a new window will open which will show you the appointment date and time, note down it and accept it, it will open the form (on 10-may-2009 it says that the certificate was expired, I guess you do not have any option except clicking “Continue to this website (not recommended).”, once you click it will open the form)
6. fill the form
7. in the service desired, choose: Passport for the children upto 15 years of age
8. Address to be printed in the passport:
Whichever address you put here, it will show in the form column of “Address in India”
9. Other address:
Whichever address you put here, it will show in field “In country of domicile”
I prefer to put my USA address in both the fields, it is your wish what you want to do. Because once you print the form, it will have a space for emergency address in there, so you can put your india address in the field.
10. once you are done filling the application, click Save
11. review the application again, because once you save it can not be updated
12. it will show you appointment date/time, if you want, you can change it now and go ahead
13. when you are done, it will open the form in “pdf”
14. print this form
15. many of the fields are NOT filled, which you have to fill now using pen
16. paste one photo in the space provided, put other 3 pictures in a envelope and attach with the form
17. your son/daughter has to sign at 4 places
18. mother and father have to sign the form in line no. 28
19. make a Xerox of the filled form(it has a no. which can be useful if later, you want to inquire about your application)
20. print “Change of appearance form” from the embassy website, now they need it for every minor’s passport renewal
21. Attach all the documents with the form
(Here is the list as per my knowledge)
a. Printed Online application
b. Address Proofs (2)
c. Pictures
d. Birth Certificate
e. Notarized Change of appearance form
f. Copy of the Green Card or I-94
g. Copy of parents passport
h. Copy of the Parents Green Card or I-94
i. Money Order ($25) for Passport fees
j. Money order ($20) for Express mail
k. Old Passport
22. You can send it by FedEx or USPS; I would highly recommend keeping proof of everything including mailing tracking no. etc.
23. Wait for at least 25 working days, in the mean time if you are curious that your application is being processed or not, after 15 working days, check the status of the money order you sent, if the money was withdrawn, it means your application is under process.
24. If you send the application by mail, you will save yourself from big hassle of going there waiting in line and submitting the application.
I got my daughter's new passport in 1 month, but I would not worry for 25 working days.
Please post your experience here in this post, so that it can help others.